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“It’s federal abuse and it’s at an all-time high,” says the North Dakota grower. “Government officials have no sense of reason when it comes to farmland. They use a wedge on a small piece of land and then take control of everything you have.”

Caught in the expanding regulation of a conservation easement, Peterson faces the potential of prosecution if he drains his fields.

“I’m just one guy, but there are thousands of irate farmers like me with the same bureaucratic problems on their land. We’re steady losing money and struggling while FWS comes up with more ridiculous rules. We’re sick of Washington, D.C.”

Covid Mortality Diminished but Low Fertility Means Deaths Still Exceeded Births in More Than Two-Thirds of U.S. Counties

March 13, 2025
By Kenneth Johnson

Only 3,606,000 babies were born in the United States between July 2023 and July 2024, 43,000 fewer than the year before and barely exceeding (by 22,000) the 43-year low in 2020–2021, according to new Census Bureau estimates. Births are diminishing because fertility rates are at record lows, continuing a long-term decline that accelerated during the Great Recession. There were 16 percent fewer births last year than just before the Great Recession, even though there were 8 percent more women in their prime childbearing years (aged 20–39).

In contrast, deaths and mortality rates diminished modestly last year from Covid-era highs, though deaths remain nearly 10 percent above pre-pandemic levels. As a result, the balance between births and deaths remains in flux. Last year, births exceeded deaths by 517,000, considerably more than the natural gain of just 146,000 during the depths of the pandemic. Yet, last year’s natural gain was just 43 percent of the average gain —1.2 million—in the five years prior to the pandemic. A substantial excess of births over deaths has long been the primary driver of U.S. population growth, but as this surplus dwindled in the last four years, immigration provided the bulk of the nation’s population increase.

North Dakota Farmer Sues Federal Government, Demands Right to Drain Cropland

While his corn and soybeans drown, Cody Peterson faces potential prosecution if he drains his rows.
By Chris Bennett
June 23, 2026 06:44 AM

More than 240 people were arrested, two people stabbed, and others raped, as France's biggest open air music festival descended into intense violence.

The 40-year-old man and woman, who have not been named, were attacked in the early hours of Monday at the Fête de la Musique – a nationwide 'street party' attended by thousands of British people.

Police also reported two alleged rapes, multiple other sexual assaults, muggings, and girls being stabbed with syringes, on a night of anarchy.

It was in the south west city of Toulouse that a male victim was knifed, close to midnight, while the woman was knifed in nearby Colomiers soon afterwards.

On Monday, both were in hospital and described as being 'in a stable condition'.

An investigating source said: 'Camera footage of the Fête de la Musique is being studied to try and find those using knives to stab people.'

There were also attacks on the streets of Paris, as thugs started fights in the centre of the city.

June 21, 2026 at 8:34 am
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